The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 100

After school, Percival wanted to walk home together, but Vivienne shut him down hard.

She always had a lot of stuff on her mind about her mom that she wanted to talk about with Iris, and having Percival there would make it awkward.

Vivienne and Iris had already informed Dorian and Cordelia, so they picked up Thaddeus, grabbed a bite, and headed to the amusement park.

It’d been a long time, and Iris’s face seemed a lot older than Vivienne remembered, but she was still as gentle as ever.

Iris held Thaddeus and smiled at Vivienne. It reminded her of an old photo where Iris was holding her with the same gentleness.

That was her only time at an amusement park.

Vivienne was prepared for Iris to plead for the Hawthorn family.

But Iris dragged Thaddeus straight to the merry-go-round as soon as they got there and waved at Vivienne. “Come on, Vivienne, join us.”

Vivienne cracked a smile. Her beauty was like a breath of springtime sunshine.

Aside from a few rides with height restrictions, the three of them did the whole park.

In the end, Iris and Thaddeus came out of the haunted house and got all excited after seeing the Ferris wheel.

While queuing, Thaddeus wanted some ice cream. Iris turned to Vivienne. “Hold the line, Vivienne. I’ll take him to get some. We’ll be right back.”

“Sure,” Vivienne nodded.

However, they were taking forever. It was almost their turn, and there was still no sign of them.

Just as Vivienne was hesitating at the ticket gate, someone grabbed her hand from the side and dragged her onto the Ferris wheel.

She whipped around to see who it was and frowned. “Mr. Ellington, don’t you have anything better to do?”

The Ferris wheel started its slow ascent as the door closed.

Percival was a big guy. The cabin was not small, but it still felt a bit cramped to him.

to come to the park.

pointed out

Isolde in the

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and began waving

Percival’s parents took Isolde back. Percival’s mom, Cecilia, didn’t like Vivienne, so she kept Isolde away from

Vivienne, indicating that he wasn’t pulling

with a smirk on her face. As if to say, “Yeah, like I’m gonna believe

Percival’s company today because she had questions for

followed, which

always behaved appropriately and did a lot for her. Most girls would have fallen madly in

But she was Vivienne.

for ten years, since she lost

was hard to gauge, which was a fact she was certain

didn’t fully trust him, especially when she found out that he had been to her and her mother’s house after her mother’s death,

his every move to see if he had

tolerated him always being around her, not because she was moved by him, but to

hiding herself.

Ferris wheel slowly turned as their cabin stopped at the

out the window. The night sky

the amusement park lights and the tiny

and Thaddeus returned with ice cream. They were in line with Thomas and Isolde,

up the entire sky. It was a riot

fireworks, and Percival was

the changing

this, Percival found that his throat was now a bit dry. He had to

turned his head, the cabin’s glass reflected the

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was so intense that even he was

slight smile. “You want to buy this amusement

seem to really like it here.” Percival

Ellington, how about we make a

“Bet on what?”

can buy this amusement park for me, I’ll do something for you.” Vivienne leaned in

“Anything?”

“Yep.”

looked up to

sky danced in her eyes, reflecting his own